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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. W. ANDERSON.

MEAT AND VEGETABLE SLIGING MACHINE.

Patented Oct.- 24, 1882.

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ADAM B. eaorr,

OF SAME PLACE.

MEAT AND VEGETABLE SLICING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,263, dated October24, 188?,

Application filed January 25, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ANDERSON, of Lancaster, county of Lancaster,and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inMeat and Vegetable Slicing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of reciprocatory hand machines orcutters in which a slide carrying the knife is guided by a stationaryframe, which latter, by a table forming a part thereof, holds thearticles while being sliced.

The novel and useful features of my invention consist in First. Afeedwhich serves as the leaf or main part of the machine-table while slicingarticles until they are reduced and can no longer be safely fed up byhand. Said leaf can then be folded upward and pushed up to the knife,pressing an article to it until it is all sliced, said leaf beingconnected to the stationary part of said table by peculiar slottedguiding-comiectors.

Second. Gross-braces having lugs the:eon for attaching the shieldsleading to the knife, and having their ends provided with oblongscrew-holes, that screws therein for attaching the guides for the slideor knife-frame may be set adjustably to compensate for wear of the slideand its guides.

- Third. The knife", having its back slotted to freely admit therein theattaching-screws, and having its ends beveled to hold under fixedfastening-plates thereat on the slide, thus resisting wrenching andfavoring the removal of the knife for sharpening it without removing thesaid fastenin gs.

:Fourth. A series of alike inclined or parallel guiding-studs fastenedon the sides of slide, in combination with eye-plates on the gage of theslide, registering with said studs and kept thereon by an endcross-brace joining the sides or ledges of the slide.

Fifth. The gage mounted adjustably on inclined parallel guiding-studs bymeans of eyeplates thereon fitting said studs, in combination with apeculiar clamping device, consisting of a binding-eye operated by alever working on a beveled seat on the attaching-plate at one of thestuds on the said slide, thus securing the adjustment at all points.

I attain these objects by construction and arrangement of partsillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective front view of my invention, showing the feed-leaf laid down.Fig. 2 represents a cross-sectional view of the same, showing thefeed-leaf elevated or folded.

Figs. 3 and at are perspective views of the parts of the guiding-hingesconnecting my feed-leaf and the fixed part of the machine-table. Fig. 5is a perspective view of the rear side of my invention, showing the gageadjusted to its full extent. Figs. 6, 9, and 10 represent respectivelythe clamp-standard, the clamp-eyebolt, and the clamp-lever of mygage-setter. Figs. 7 and 8 represent respectively one of my slantguiding-studs and the eye-plate therefor, regulating my adjustable gage.Fig. 11 represents the fixed sheath for the end of the knife.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout all the views.

A represents the guides for the slides (J V Z.

B B represent cross-pieces connecting the V guides A adjustably byscrews in the oblong holes or slots 71.

h 1) represent standards on the castings B, to which the shields G G ofthe machinetable are attached, which shields are joined together also bythe brace L and by the fixed section Q of said table.

K is a slotted box-form hinge-plate, and T is its mate. The pair arejoined, as shown in Fig. 1, wood-screws through holes 70 R holding themto place. The part T has on it the trunnions or books i, and the part Kis recessed to admit them under ledges and to stop them at the ends ofthe slot or recess. The leafM, having on its face the teeth a, is joinedby said hinges K K T T, both to fold, as shown, and to allow shifting upto the knife as a presser or feed.

he knife V has at its heel the plate F, fixed to the slide-ledge Z andthe board 0. The said heel is beveled, and said plate is made to matchsaid bevel to admit the knife end thereunder. The knife-point is alsobeveled, and cut biased to fit into a fixed sheath or plate, D, whichlatter has on its rear side the lug D, near the knife-point, to receiveit and hold it firmly against wrenching.

E E denote slots or cuts in the back of the knife V, in which screws m01., whose points travel in the buried nuts J f, serve to clamp andrelease the knife by about a half-turn thereof. The object of releasingthe said knife without taking out the screws altogether is to avoid wearof the screw-holes in the wood and to enable the operator to removetheknife quickly.

The letter 0: represents the handle on the non-adjustable part 0 Z ofthe slide. W' is the adjustable part or the gage. Thelatter is attachedto the fixed slide-ledges Z by the slant parallel studs 0 thereon and bythe eye-plates y on the gage. The cross-bar II, at the front ends of theledges Z, serves as a keeper for the gage by reason of its end abuttingagainst the said bar before the said studs are slipped wholly outot'said eyes g At one of said slant studs 0 there is applied a clampingdevice, C N N W, which holds the gage atany desired position after it isadjusted. Said clamping device consists of the standard 0, provided withthe lugs or shoulders (1 to prevent the eyebolt \V from turning wheninserted therein, and also to bind on said shoulders the body of thestud when the bolt \V is drawn taut by the action of the lever N, heldon said bolt by thenut N Said lever tightens by a half-turn, owing tothe seat about the bolt-hole being made inclined, and the lever-bearingis beveled to correspond with said seat. This mode of adjusting the gageis speedy and tirm, holding the same parallel with the fixed part 0 ofthe slide in all positions.

I do not claim the sliding hinges connecting my feed-leaf, broadly nordistinctly, as other equivalent connectors may be substituted, and suchas are already in the market may be employed.

liaving described my invention sulliciently to enable others to niakeit,I here append what I regard asnew and uscl'ul and what I desire tosecure by Letters Patent ot' the United States.

1. The adjustable horizontal table-leaf M, connected to the stationarypart Q, of the machine-table by sliding connectors K T K T, that it maybe erected and advanced to feed up articles bel'ore it to the knife Vafter said articles are too small to be handled safely by the handunaided, all the said parts being constructed and arranged substantiallyas set; forth.

2. In a slicing-machine, the braces 11 3, provided with lugs 21 h, forattaching the shields Gr G, and with the oblong holes I), for attach ingthe guides A A of the slide G \V Z adjustably, all the partsco-operating as and for the purpose set torth.

The knife V, having its back secured rcleasably at slots E E by screwson n, in combina ion with the sheath-plate 1) and the heel plate i allarranged and operating as and for the purposes set. forth.

4-. The series of slant guiding-studs c, all alike, inclined or parallelwith each other and firmly t'astened on theledges Z, in combination withthe eye-plates 1 attached to the gage W, and arranged to correspond withsaid studs and with the brace II, which serves to keep said gage on saidstuds, a clamp, U (L N J W, serving to setthe same at all intermediatepoints on said studs, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The clamping device for holding the gage "W in adjusted position, thesame consisting of the standard U U", cyebolt \V, nut N and lever N, allconstructed and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1. have hereuntoset my hand and seal this 17th day of January, 1882.

JOHN \V. ANDERSON.

In presence ot'- J EREMIAII 111F111, MARTIN B. 1m n.

